Albert Andrews
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{about||the professor of Germanic philology and bryologist|Albert LeRoy Andrews}}
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| name = Albert George Andrews
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|9|13}}
| birth_place = Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England{{cite journal|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1929|publisher=P. G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FdLAAAAMAAJ|access-date=July 24, 2015}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|10|25|1881|9|13}}
| death_place = Edmonton, Alberta{{cite news |title=none |newspaper=The Sedgewick Community Press |date=November 3, 1960 |page=1}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = Sedgewick
| term_start = July 3, 1922
| term_end = August 22, 1935
| predecessor = Charles Stewart
| successor = Albert Fee
| party = United Farmers
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Albert George Andrews (September 13, 1881 – October 25, 1960) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1922 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.
Political career
Andrews ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election that was supposed to be held on July 10, 1922. He stood as a candidate under the United Farmers banner in the electoral district of Sedgewick that was vacated by former Premier Charles Stewart. Andrews was acclaimed on nomination day July 3, 1922, when no other candidates came forward.{{cite web|title=By-elections 1905-1973 |publisher=Elections Alberta |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm#1905-1973 |access-date=April 19, 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607094042/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/742.htm |archive-date=June 7, 2009 }}
Andrews ran for a second term in the 1926 Alberta general election. He stood in his first contested race against two other candidates taking a landslide majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Sedgewick| title=Sedgewick Official Results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}}
Andrews ran for a third term in the 1930 Alberta general election. He contested a straight race against Conservative candidate W.H. Wallace. Andrews increased his popular total by a single vote from the last election to easily hold the district.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Sedgewick| title=Sedgewick Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}}
Andrews ran for a fourth term in the 1935 Alberta general election. He was defeated finishing a distant second in the three-way race losing to Social Credit candidate Albert Fee.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Sedgewick| title=Sedgewick Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=April 29, 2010}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:United Farmers of Alberta MLAs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta